Integrating Motivational Interviewing Into a Home Telehealth Program for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Who Smoke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: We evaluated integrating a motivational interviewing (MI)-based smoking cessation curricula and MI counseling into a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) home telehealth care management program to determine if smoking behaviors improved.

Method: We randomized 178 Veterans with PTSD to a 90-session MI-based home telehealth program or to usual care. Outcome measures included self-reported 24-hour quit attempts, seven-day point prevalence abstinence, progression along the stages of change, and mental health symptoms.

Building a tobacco cessation telehealth care management program for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Background: Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have high rates of smoking. Motivational interviewing (MI) enhances readiness for change.

Objective: To test the feasibility and fidelity of home telehealth care management strategy to improve quit rates.